100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1539
 
Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
25 ILCS 170/4.6 new

     Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires lobbyists to file with the Secretary of State a written statement that describes the procedures that the lobbyist and lobbyist's client will follow if the lobbyist or client determines that the lobbyist's representation of the client creates a conflict of interest. Prohibits a lobbyist from representing a client if the representation involves a conflict of interest, unless otherwise provided in the agreement between the lobbyist and the party he or she represents.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 4.6 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/4.6 new)
7    Sec. 4.6. Lobbyist conflict of interest.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), this Section does 
9not apply to a lobbyist if the lobbyist's activity under this 
10Section is governed by the Illinois Rules  of Professional 
11Conduct of 2010 of  the Illinois Supreme Court. 
12    (b) As used in this Section, "conflict of interest" means a 
13circumstance where: 
14        (1) the representation of a client will be directly 
15    adverse to another client; or 
16        (2) there is a significant risk that the representation 
17    of one or more clients will be materially limited by the 
18    lobbyist's responsibilities to (i) another client or (ii) a 
19    personal interest of the lobbyist. 
20    (c) A lobbyist shall file with the Secretary of State a 
21written statement that describes the procedures that the 
22lobbyist and the lobbyist's client will follow if the lobbyist 
23or client determines at any time that the lobbyist's 
 
 
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1representation of the client might involve a conflict of 
2interest. The lobbyist shall file the statement with the 
3Secretary at the time the lobbyist files the lobbyist's annual 
4registration. If the lobbyist's activity under this Section is 
5governed by the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010 
6of the Illinois Supreme Court, the lobbyist shall file a 
7statement to that effect with the Secretary. 
8    (d) The statement filed under subsection (c) must be 
9included in the agreement between the lobbyist and the client 
10for the lobbyist's services as a lobbyist. 
11    (e) A lobbyist may not represent a client if the 
12representation involves a conflict of interest, except as is 
13provided in the statement filed by the lobbyist under 
14subsection (c).